Roy Shelbourne

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Years in office: 1964 - 1974

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Years in office: 1946 - 1964

Education

Bachelor's

Union University, TN, 1912

Law

Cumberland University, 1913

Personal

Birthplace

Bardwell, KY

Roy Mahlon Shelbourne (1890-1974) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.

Shelbourne was nominated to the Western District of Kentucky by PresidentHarry Truman on January 17, 1946, to a seat vacated byShackelford Miller; he was confirmed by the Senate on February 5, 1946, and received commission onFebruary 8, 1946. From 1948-1960, he served as thechief judge. He assumedsenior status onNovember 1, 1964. He served the Western District of Kentucky until his death onDecember 29, 1974.^[1] Shelbourne was succeeded in this position byJames Gordon.

Early life and education

• Union University, TN, A.B., 1912
• Cumberland University,LL.B, 1913^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Bardwell,Kentucky, 1913-1927
• County attorney, Carlisle County,Kentucky, 1918-1926
• President, Bardwell Deposit Bank, 1926-1936
• Private practice, Paducah,Kentucky, 1936-1946^[1]

Judicial career

Western District of Kentucky

Shelbourne was nominated to the Western District of Kentucky by PresidentHarry Truman on January 17, 1946, to a seat vacated byShackelford Miller; he was confirmed by the Senate on February 5, 1946, and received commission onFebruary 8, 1946. From 1948-1960, he served as thechief judge. He assumedsenior status onNovember 1, 1964. He served the Western District of Kentucky until his death onDecember 29, 1974.^[1] Shelbourne was succeeded in this position byJames Gordon.

External links

• Roy Shelbourne's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Active judges	Chief Judge: David J. HaleChief Judge: Greg N. Stivers  •  Claria Horn Boom  •  Rebecca Grady Jennings  •  Benjamin Beaton
Senior judges	Charles Simpson  •  Thomas Russell  •  Joseph McKinley  •
Magistrate judges	H. Brent Brennenstuhl  •  Lanny King  •  Colin Lindsay  •  Regina Edwards  •
Former Article III judges	John Heyburn  •  Edward Johnstone  •  Walter Evans  •  Charles Dawson  •  Charles Harwood Moorman  •  Elwood Hamilton  •  Mac Swinford  •  Shackelford Miller  •  Eugene Siler  •  Charles Allen (Kentucky)  •  Thomas Ballantine  •  Clifton Bratcher  •  Henry Brooks  •  James Gordon (Kentucky)  •  Ronald Meredith  •  Roy Shelbourne  •  Justin Walker (U.S. Court of Appeals)  •
Former Chief judges	John Heyburn  •  Charles Simpson  •  Thomas Russell  •  Edward Johnstone  •  Charles Allen (Kentucky)  •  Thomas Ballantine  •  Clifton Bratcher  •  Henry Brooks  •  James Gordon (Kentucky)  •  Ronald Meredith  •  Roy Shelbourne  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byHarry Truman
1945	Burton •Clark •Donovan •Gilliam •Gourley •Holtzoff •Koscinski •Madden •Mathes •Mellott •S. Miller •W. Miller •Mollison •O'Connell •Orr •Prettyman •Rice
1946	Curran •Driver •Follmer •Harris •Kalodner •Kampf •Keech •Levin •Lynne •McGranery •Murphy •Rodney •Scarlett •Shelbourne •Speakman •Starr •Vinson •Weinberger
1947	Bryan, Sr. •Christenberry •Clifford •Collet •Dooley •Harper •Howell •Johnson •Jones •Lemmon •Medina •Rayfiel •Ryan • Thomason
1948	Harper •Henderson •Johnson •Kaufman •Proctor •Rao •Stephens •Tamm
1949	Allred •Andrews •Bazelon •Borah •Burns •Carter •Clark •Clary •Conger •Connally •Duffy •Erskine •Fahy •Finnegan •Foley •Ford •Gibson •Grim •Hastie •Hatch •Hill •Hooper •Kaufman •Kirkland •Lindley •Matthews •McCarthy •McGohey •McLaughlin •Minton •Murray •Noonan •Pickett •Platt •Pope •Ritter •Russell •Solomon •Sugarman •Swaim •Switzer •Taylor •Tehan •Thornton •Warlick •Washington •Westover •Wright
1950	Bastian •Byrne, Sr. •Carter •Knous •Marsh •Murphy •Simpson •Staley •Steckler •Strum •Wallace •Weinfeld •Whitehurst •Worley
1951	Dimock •Edelstein •Hartigan •Hartshorne •Leahy •Lindberg •McNamee •Medina •Modarelli •Murphy •Perry •Rives •Sheehy •Sloan •Stewart •Thomas •Tolin •Youngdahl
1952	Cole •Friedman •Williams •